Pernilla August
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Feb 13, 1958 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Stockholm, Sverige
Biography
Pernilla August (born February 13, 1958) is a Swedish actress, director and screenwriter. Being one of Sweden's leading actresses and a longtime collaborator with director Ingmar Bergman, she won the Best Actress Award at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival for her role in his “The Best Intentions”. She is also known for her role of Shmi Skywalker in the “Star Wars” franchise.
Known For
| 2025 | The Dance ClubCharlotte | |
| 2025 | Tordyveln flyger i skymningenmormor Irma | |
| 2025 | To Cook a BearMadam Sjödahl | |
| 2024 | Midsummer NightCarina | |
| 2024 | Jana - Marked For LifeMargaretha Berzelius | |
| 2024 | Ronja the Robber's DaughterValdir | |
| 2023 | SurpriseIngrid | |
| 2023 | Liv Ullmann: A Road Less TravelledSelf | |
| 2023 | BlackwaterAnnie Raft (1991) | |
| 2021 | The Ape StarGorilla (voice) | |
| 2021 | Young RoyalsQueen Kristina | |
| 2020 | Building HappinessSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2020 | The InvestigationIngrid Wall | |
| 2020 | The Last Journey Of The VikingsVoice | |
| 2020 | The Last Journey Of The VikingsNarrator | |
| 2019 | Bergman Revisited | |
| 2019 | Britt-Marie Was HereBritt-Marie | |
| 2019 | SwoonElin Lindgren | |
| 2019 | Allt jag inte minnsGunilla | |
| 2019 | Face to FaceMaja | |
| 2019 | MästarenSelf | |
| 2018 | Bergmans början: Ilska. Kärlek. Magknip.Karin Bergman | |
| 2018 | Bergman's Reliquarium | |
| 2018 | Scenes in the NightMarianne | |
| 2018 | FilmworkerSelf | |
| 2018 | Bergman: A Year in a LifeSelf | |
| 2018 | KurskOksana | |
| 2017 | Law of the LandBritta | |
| 2016 | Michael Nyqvist - Ett porträttSelf | |
| 2015 | White PeopleViktoria | |
| 2015 | GlitchNicola Heysen | |
| 2014 | GentlemenGreta | |
| 2014 | The Legacy | |
| 2013 | Trespassing BergmanSelf | |
| 2012 | Hamilton: In the Interest of the NationSara Landhag | |
| 2012 | Call GirlDagmar Glans | |
| 2012 | The Last SentenceMaja Forssman | |
| 2009 | A Rational SolutionKarin | |
| 2009 | Miss KickiKicki | |
| 2009 | Kenny BeginsRektorn | |
| 2009 | SkavlanSelf - Guest | |
| 2008 | Star Wars: The Clone WarsShmi (voice) | |
| 2007 | Those Who WhisperAnna Gustavsson | |
| 2007 | Women and BergmanSelf | |
| 2007 | PerformancesEva | |
| 2006 | Løven - Henrik Ibsen | |
| 2006 | SearchMadelene | |
| 2005 | ManslaughterNina | |
| 2005 | Mouth to MouthLeyla | |
| 2005 | DoxaKristina | |
| 2004 | Rancid | |
| 2004 | Eiffel TowerLena | |
| 2004 | Terrorman(voice) | |
| 2004 | Day and NightEva | |
| 2003 | DaybreakAgnes | |
| 2003 | DetailsAnn | |
| 2003 | Holy BirgittaHeliga Birgitta | |
| 2003 | Håkan BråkanVärldsrymdens ledare | |
| 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesShmi Skywalker | |
| 2002 | Karlsson on the RoofMamma | |
| 2002 | I Am DinaHjertrud, Dina's Mother | |
| 2002 | A Love AffairAnna | |
| 2002 | Everyone Loves Alice | |
| 2002 | Karlsson on the RoofMamma | |
| 2001 | You Do the Best You CanSelf | |
| 2001 | DeadlineBeata Ekesjö | |
| 2001 | Hr. Boe & Co.’s Anxiety | |
| 2001 | The Beginning: Making Episode ISelf | |
| 2000 | Light Keeps Me CompanySelf | |
| 2000 | GossipMolly Fischer | |
| 2000 | The BirthdayTove | |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of CupidEmilie | |
| 2000 | AnnaAnna Terlow | |
| 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceShmi Skywalker | |
| 1999 | Mary, Mother of JesusMary of Nazareth | |
| 1999 | Where The Rainbow EndsTove | |
| 1999 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of InnocenceMamma | |
| 1998 | In the Presence of a ClownKarin Bergman | |
| 1998 | The Last ContractNina Nyman | |
| 1998 | The Glass-Blower's ChildrenSofia | |
| 1997 | The Last Yankee | |
| 1997 | Kenny StarfighterKennys Memorymatic (voice) | |
| 1996 | Private ConfessionsAnna | |
| 1996 | JerusalemKarin | |
| 1995 | Death of a JurorVanja Holm | |
| 1995 | En nämndemans dödVanja Holm | |
| 1992 | The Best IntentionsAnna Bergman | |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesEmilie | |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesMamma | |
| 1991 | The Best IntentionsAnna Bergman | |
| 1989 | Den döende dandynThora Dardel | |
| 1989 | VildandenGina Ekdahl | |
| 1987 | The Egg | |
| 1986 | The Serpent's WayEva | |
| 1985 | Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av DanmarkOfelia | |
| 1984 | Fanny and AlexanderMaj | |
| 1984 | Hur ska det gå för Pettersson?Ingrid | |
| 1983 | Mr. Sleeman Is ComingAnne-Marie | |
| 1983 | Alfred Nobel - Mr. Dynamite | |
| 1983 | Hej du himlen! | |
| 1982 | Fanny and AlexanderMaj | |
| 1981 | The RoosterÅsa Eriksson | |
| 1981 | The Guldbagge AwardsSelf - Best Actress winner | |
| 1979 | Linus eller Tegelhusets hemlighetAbigail | |
| 1975 | GiliapGirl at Summer Hotel | |
| - | The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands |
| 2019 | Bergman RevisitedDirector | |
| 2018 | Scenes in the NightDirector | |
| 2016 | A Serious GameDirector | |
| 2014 | The LegacyDirector | |
| 2010 | BeyondDirector | |
| 2005 | BlindgångareDirector |
| 2010 | BeyondWriter |